Malaysian Airlines Flight Down in Ukraine

[ResLife Hero]

Report: Malaysia Airlines flight crashes in Ukraine - CNN.com

295 people on board.

Current reports that Russia may have shot it down. This airline has a huge problem either way, but this could get ugly for the whole world.

 

[pkt77242]

Malaysia Airlines crashes in Ukraine

Malaysia Airlines crashes in Ukraine

Possibly shot down

Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine with 295 aboard

 

[ResLife Hero]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian airspace. More details to follow.</p>— Malaysia Airlines (@MAS) <a href="https://twitter.com/MAS/statuses/489795857101750272">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[wizards8507]

To be clear, this is a NEW crashed plane and not the missing one, yes?

 

[tko]

To be clear, this is a NEW crashed plane and not the missing one, yes?

yes. i won't be flying Malaysia Airlines any time soon!

 

[ResLife Hero]

BBC News - Malaysia airliner crashes in east Ukraine

An aviation source in Moscow told Reuters the plane had been found burning on the ground in east Ukraine.

Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying the plane had been hit by a missile at an altitude of 10,000m (33,000ft). The claim could not be verified independently.

 

[woolybug25]

I bet they have a killer frequent flyer program.












tip your waitresses...

 

[pkt77242]

To be clear, this is a NEW crashed plane and not the missing one, yes?

Yes, it was shot down by a missile. Still in the phase of determining who fired it.

 

[Henges24]

That's so horrible. You know not making it back to ground alive was in the back of every one of those passenger's head.

 

[IrishLion]

Yes, it was shot down by a missile. Still in the phase of determining who fired it.

Is that confirmed?

 

[IrishLion]

Damn.... how in the hell do you shoot down a civilian aircraft that's taking a common flight path?

Someone fucked up, or someone's looking for an excuse to start some shit.

 

[ResLife Hero]

Hope this is a bluff or inaccurate:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Russian rebel leader Strelkov confirms separatists shot down MA plane. 'We warned them not to fly over our skies. No civilians were killed'</p>— Joost Bosman (@Joosje) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joosje/statuses/489798698818629632">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[ResLife Hero]

Strelkov is the separatist leader in Donetsk.

 

[gkIrish]

Do some terrorists have a serious vendetta against Malaysia Airlines? Not joking.

 

[tko]

wtf?

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Mod please merge threads

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Mod please merge threads

 

[pkt77242]

Is that confirmed?

Here is a quote from an article

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 295 people aboard crashed Thursday in Ukraine near the Russian border after reportedly being hit by a missile, according to an adviser to Ukraine's interior ministry.

Here is the article

Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine with 295 aboard

 

[magogian]

Hope this is a bluff or inaccurate:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Russian rebel leader Strelkov confirms separatists shot down MA plane. 'We warned them not to fly over our skies. No civilians were killed'</p>— Joost Bosman (@Joosje) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joosje/statuses/489798698818629632">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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If true, they just completed fuqed their separatist movement. Even Russia will have a hard time supporting them.

 

[ResLife Hero]

If true, they just completed fuqed their separatist movement. Even Russia will have a hard time supporting them.

Agreed. They just totally crossed the nationalism/terrorism line.

 

[ResLife Hero]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>BREAKING: Ukraine president: `Armed Forces of Ukraine did not take action against any airborne targets'</p>— The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/statuses/489805697996300289">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>MORE: The region has seen severe fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatist rebels in recent days: <a href="http://t.co/cHAT5g93D9">http://t.co/cHAT5g93D9</a></p>— The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/statuses/489802096443932673">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[tussin]

Jesus Christ. First headline I read was "Commercial Airline Down in Europe". My gf is literally on a flight from Venice to Philly right now. I almost lost it.

 

[gkIrish]

Jesus Christ. First headline I read was "Commercial Airline Down in Europe". My gf is literally on a flight from Venice to Philly right now. I almost lost it.

Yeah my uncle is on the way to JFK from Greece so I panicked a little too.

 

[Booslum31]

Hope this is a bluff or inaccurate:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Russian rebel leader Strelkov confirms separatists shot down MA plane. 'We warned them not to fly over our skies. No civilians were killed'</p>— Joost Bosman (@Joosje) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joosje/statuses/489798698818629632">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Why is he saying no civilians were killed?

 

[ResLife Hero]

Why is he saying no civilians were killed?

In his view, they were all willing participants in the "war" because they'd been warned. I haven't seen these quotes confirmed by any English sources though. He has been an extreme hardliner in the news this week though.

 

[Irish#1]

I bet they have a killer frequent flyer program.












tip your waitresses...

Ouch!

 

[ResLife Hero]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>MORE: A launcher similar to the Buk missile system was seen by AP journalists near an eastern Ukrainian town: <a href="http://t.co/GQDS6BjQkX">http://t.co/GQDS6BjQkX</a></p>— The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/statuses/489810518505717761">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[notredomer23]

My first reaction was now there is no way Russia can support this movement. Then I later wondered how they got these surface to air missiles

 

[ResLife Hero]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>MORE: The deputy prime minister for the rebels says Ukrainian government troops must have shot down the plane: <a href="http://t.co/20yvE6J4pi">http://t.co/20yvE6J4pi</a></p>— The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/statuses/489814321879597057">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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CNN is discussing how it could have been Russian forces without Kremlin authorization since the military is largely decentralized.

 

[ND NYC]

"What the hell is goin on out there!?"

-VL